February 4, 2011 at 1:51 pm
Firstly, wasn’t sure if this belongs in the current F-35 thread, but as we will be discussing multiple types I think it deserves its own.
Following the AFM article on this subject, it got me to thinking that the UK might be making a huge mistake with the F-35, and personally I am beginning to think that the Super Hornet is the best choice for the RN carriers, as well as the RAF – something like a Joint Hornet Force.
With a price tag that is a half to a third that of the F-35, something that would be available to start training on now and delivered within a few years (and not 2020), it also seems a perfectly capable aircraft to tackle any threat we are even remotely likely to face in the forseeable future, it seems to me that the SH represents by far the best option.